This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: WHL44 Surnames: HUNTER, WESTERMAN, ARNDT, BENNETT, FOSTER Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.muskegon/3308/mb.ashx Message Board Post: HUNTER, Alice Elizabeth (Westerman) Of Kalamazoo Alice Elizabeth Westerman Hunter died on April 5, 2008 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where she and her husband, Robert Kilbourn Hunter, former Norton Township Supervisor and Norton Shores City Administrator, had moved in 2006 from Muskegon, Michigan. She was born on August 14, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois, of Leland Stewart Westerman of Adrian, Michigan and Lelah Arndt Westerman of Evart, Michigan. Her father was a YMCA executive and her family moved from Chicago to Muskegon when she was young, then to Grand Rapids, and returned to Chicago, where she graduated from high school. She spent summers growing up with her two younger sisters, Eleanor and Ruth, at their maternal grandparents' farm in Avondale, Michigan. She attended Albion College, at which time she met her husband. They were married in 1940 and built a house on Forest Park Road in Muskegon, where they lived until 2006. She also graduated from the Lucid Secretarial School in Grand Rapids. During World War II, when her husba! nd went overseas, she stayed in Grand Rapids and served as a field worker for the Camp Fire Girls. After the war, they returned to Muskegon. From 1962 to 1982, she was Secretary to the Principal of Churchill Henry Elementary School in Norton Shores. She was an active member of PEO Chapter Y in Muskegon, serving as President, and Chapter Q in Kalamazoo; Central United Methodist Church in Muskegon; the PTA of Maple Grove School, where she served as president, and Mona Shores High School and was active in local Republican politics, serving as president of the Muskegon County Republican Women's Club. Her interests included traveling with her husband throughout the United States and Europe, music and she was an accomplished knitter. She is survived by her husband, Robert Kilbourn Hunter of Muskegon; her two children, John Westerman Hunter of Reston, Virginia and Mary Alice (Meme) Hunter Bennett of Kalamazoo, and a son-in-law, Charles Garrett Bennett of Kalamazoo; five grandchild! ren, Andrew Kilbourn Hunter of Reston, Virginia, Breean Elizabeth Benn ett of Kalamazoo, Christian Thomas Hunter (Colleen) of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, Adam Hunter Bennett (Amy) of Kalamazoo, and Meredith Hunter Foster (Geoff) of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio and two great grandchildren, Ashlyn Aileen Hunter of Cleveland Heights, Ohio and Hunter Thompson Bennett of Kalamazoo. The family asks that contributions be made to Central United Methodist Church, 1011 Second Street, Muskegon, Michigan 49440. Memorial services will be held at 1:00 PM on Friday, April 11th at Friendship Village in the Kiva, 1400 North Drake Road, Kalamazoo and at 10:00 AM on Saturday, April 12th at Central United Methodist Church, 1011 Second Street, Muskegon. Arrangements by the Langeland Family Funeral Homes, Memorial Chapel, 622 S. Burdick St. (269)343-1508 www.langelands.com Published in the Kalamazoo Gazette on 4/9/2008. (Posted by a VOLUNTEER-NO family connection) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.